Pr int ed on the g r i ds a re a l l k inds o f index i ca l ma rks . Long l ine s in d i f fe rent co l or s c r i s s c ros s l i ke an Et ch - a - Ske t ch ac ros s the p l a t e s . A he f t y or ange sponge - l i ke ma rk ca reens ac ros s Tabu l a 14 . De l i ca t e navy b l ue and rus t co l or s swi r l l i ke the inked wind ma rks f rom the mouths o f Düre r ’ s put t i (who do appea r in the corne r s o f Tabu l a 10 a s the Sant a Ana winds ) . A wi de swa th o f a b l ack brush s t roke ha s s eve r a l de l i ca t e red inked l ine s pr int ed on i t—l i ke mus t ache s , ha i r, or eyebrows . Whi t e and b l ue sp l ot che s o f pa int b l oom wi th f a int ha l os a round them. Many o f the s e hand - induced remnant s l ook ac c i dent a l but then a re recouped in the s e Tabu læ . Co l l ec t i ve l y, they po int to the one who de s i gned , eng r aved and execut ed thi s ( f rom the t i t l e page : i uentor, cae l av i t e t excud i t ) but a re a l so pot ent s i gni f i e r s o f the handmade in our d i g i t a l age , and they f l oa t l i ke a co l l ec t i ve dream above the c i t y o f Los Ange l e s . Sur round ing the g r i ds and ge s tur a l ma rks in the s e Tabu læ , a re l e t t e r pre s s pr int s o f the “ r a t i ona l ” too l s o f the ca r tog r aphe r. Va r i ous image s o f compa s s e s , s l i de ru l e r s , and prot r ac tor s a re dep i c t ed in thin red and b l ue l ine s and a re p l aced on the g r i d and in the ma r g ins , in homage to the ex ac t i tude o f mea surement s . The s e hand - he l d ins t rument s f rom the Mi dd l e Age s and Rena i s s ance we re us ed to obs e s s i ve l y cha r t cour s e s ac ros s oceans us ing the onl y re fe rence po int ava i l ab l e : the s t a r s . I f mea surement i s a compu l s i ve ge s ture , anothe r i s nomina t i on . We have named s torms , s t a r s , and s i ckne s s e s in the va in a t t empt to somehow make them more conce i vab l e to our i dea s o f thing s . Li kewi s e , Hagne r—in the ma r g ins a round the g r i d—named wi thin the uncha r t ed t e r r i tor y inv i s i b l e but dange rous mi c robe s : H1N1 F l u v i rus and E. Co l i O157:H7 bac t e r i a . He named Los Ange l e s : Te r r a Vi a rum ( c i t y o f roads ) , and Forum Somni orum (ma rke t o f dreams ) . He de s c r i bed c i t y l i fe a s : Homo Homini Lupus (man i s wo l f to man) and Comi d i t e Omni a ( consume eve r y thing ) . Above the g r i ds , he pr int ed , Pos t Nub i l a Phoebus ( a f t e r c l ouds , the sun) . In the sur round ing ma r g ins , he pr int ed l i t t l e Da t a Ma t r i x code s tha t you can s can into your sma r t phone and a r r i ve a t the Eng l i sh phr a s e o f the La t in—a d i g i t a l t r ans l a tor. But i t i s a l so a t r anspor t to anothe r wor l d wi th ( da rk , f i lmi c ) cont empor a r y de s c r i pt i ons o f Los Ange l e s in a mode rn font ; they sound l i ke mov i e t i t l e s .
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